University Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies Meeting

 

Feb 13, 2007

8:30 A.M. until 10:00 A.M.  – Arts and Sciences Conference Room (164 S. College Ave)

 

Agenda (updated Feb 12, 2007)

 

I.                   Approval of the Agenda:

 

II.                Approval of Minutes from Previous Meeting: Jan 24

 

III.             Old Business:

    1. New MS in Bioresources Engineering (attachment -1) (full proposal, attachment -2) (policy, attachment -3) Bill Ritter will join us at 9:00
    2. Revise Master of Fine Arts degree requirements (attachment) Rene Marquez will join us at 9:30
    3. Modification of Program Policy Statement for Mechanical Engineering Grad Programs (APA form, attachment -1) (policy, attachment -2)

 

IV.             New Business:

 

    1. Selection Committee for Funded Awards (Mary Martin)
    2. MSEG PhD Degree Name Change (attachment)
    3. Linguistics & Cognitive Science Combined BS MS (attachment, starts on page 15)
    4. Marine Studies concentration name change to Marine Biosciences
    5. Revision of minor in Math Education for MEd in Curriculum and Instruction (attachment)
    6. Revision of minor in Secondary Math Education for MEd in Curriculum and Instruction (attachment)
    7. Combined BA-MBA Statement for Music (attachment)

 

V.             Deferred Items on Hold from Previous Meetings and Items Held in Reserve for Future Discussion:

 

    1. Statistics for Graduate Programs

 

VI.             Future Meeting Dates and Times

 

                  Next meeting: Feb. 27, 2007

 

                  Time:  8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

 

                  Location: TBA

 

                  Planned Meetings:

 

                  March 13, March 20, April 10, April 24

 

 VI.             Projected Program Items

                 

                  Dual Degree for MS in Engineering and MBA

                  Revision of Biology program and policy

                  5 proposals from CHEP